Oskar Thompson https://www.noisejournal.com IT'S ALL NOISE Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:36:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.noisejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/NoiseJournal-Logo-300pixels-32x32.jpg Oskar Thompson https://www.noisejournal.com 32 32 136111011 the human experience https://www.noisejournal.com/2015/04/the-human-experience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-human-experience https://www.noisejournal.com/2015/04/the-human-experience/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2015 20:35:42 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=2320 when i was about 10 (for context, about 1987, in west tx) my parents wanted to go on a proper vacation. we chose cali. we did the whole thing, saw some family, went to the ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2015/04/the-human-experience/feed/ 0 2320 Tiny Hate Packages from Anonymous Cowards, or, Indiana and Gay Pizza https://www.noisejournal.com/2015/04/tiny-hate-packages-from-anonymous-cowards-or-indiana-and-gay-pizza/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tiny-hate-packages-from-anonymous-cowards-or-indiana-and-gay-pizza https://www.noisejournal.com/2015/04/tiny-hate-packages-from-anonymous-cowards-or-indiana-and-gay-pizza/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2015 20:27:12 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=2323 As a consumer, if a shop is open to the public you assume that business owner has matured socially, spiritually, ethically, and morally to accept all persons, potential repeat customers, as well as potential word-of-mouth ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2015/04/tiny-hate-packages-from-anonymous-cowards-or-indiana-and-gay-pizza/feed/ 0 2323 today is our reality https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/today-reality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=today-reality https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/today-reality/#respond Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:36:28 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=2045 today america, we see who we really are. we look in the mirror and see our two black swollen eyes, the mark of the abused. we examine our swollen hands, the mark of the abuser. ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/today-reality/feed/ 0 2045 well guess what, i’m in! Mary Lou Makepeace Announces 2015 Mayoral Run https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/well-guess-im/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=well-guess-im https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/well-guess-im/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:25:52 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=2014 it is a seriously cold ass snowy day in Colorado Springs (like 5 or so degrees) but i’d really like to go see Ms. Makepeace announce her 2015 candidacy for mayor so i bet myself ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/well-guess-im/feed/ 0 2014 invest in america (RE: Veterans Day) https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/invest-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invest-america https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/invest-america/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2014 18:10:41 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=2009 my family–on both sides–has a strong military tradition. tho, i don’t think any of us individually joined out of ‘tradition’, we were just making the best decisions we could relative to our contexts. i happened ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/invest-america/feed/ 0 2009 our democratic republic https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/our-democratic-republic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-democratic-republic https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/our-democratic-republic/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2014 23:56:03 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=1975 UPDATE: We inadvertently followed up with the two voters who were ticketed. Full update at bottom. so i drove to drop off my ballot downtown. parked in a metered spot and decided i would just ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/11/our-democratic-republic/feed/ 0 1975 Dispensary Review: Maggie’s Farm https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/09/maggies-farm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maggies-farm https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/09/maggies-farm/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:36:40 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=1778 Editor’s Note: Though recreational weed has been legal and available in the state of Colorado since the new year, the city of Colorado Springs refuses to allow the sale of non-medical pot within its limits. ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/09/maggies-farm/feed/ 1 1778 whirr: a reflection on shoegaze https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/09/whirr-reflection-shoegaze/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whirr-reflection-shoegaze https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/09/whirr-reflection-shoegaze/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2014 01:27:55 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=1713 [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOYVjIKeSyA[/embedyt] the short: to be clear sway is whirr‘s best album to date. at least my favorite. it’s introspective it’s reflective. it’s self-loathing and obsessed (with noise distortion and reverb as sound… but-no-one-will-listen-to-us-play-one-chord-for-a-half-hour-so-we-better-write-songs obsessed). this ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/09/whirr-reflection-shoegaze/feed/ 2 1713 #appropriation https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/05/appropriation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=appropriation https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/05/appropriation/#comments Fri, 02 May 2014 15:00:16 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=1315 [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC4hFK5P3g[/embedyt] i don’t know how i feel about ‘appropriation’. currently, every subculture is so mashed up its insane. a great insane. like language for example, up thru the 90s, slang separated generations, sub-cultures (ethnicities), regions.. ...

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]]> https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/05/appropriation/feed/ 1 1315 #mltkk https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/04/mltkk/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mltkk https://www.noisejournal.com/2014/04/mltkk/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:17:56 +0000 http://www.stonersjournal.com/?p=1272 mltkk was one of my first concerts, maybe my second actually… i saw them when i was 16 with two friends (and like 200 other people in the alley behind club 101 (nine inch nails ...

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